"many top hedge funds and trading shops came to NIPS to run career booths, but there was a surprising lack of interest from attendees (attendees were more interested in the likes of Apple, Facebook, Deepmind, Google, etc).
At a regular college career fair in the East Coast, these roles are reversed. The talent pool at NIPS seems to be far more interested in tech and open-ended research than making money."
Also perhaps machine learning experts are paid well enough in industry research labs in tech companies that the difference isn't perceived as that large given the diminishing marginal utility of money.
"many top hedge funds and trading shops came to NIPS to run career booths, but there was a surprising lack of interest from attendees (attendees were more interested in the likes of Apple, Facebook, Deepmind, Google, etc).
At a regular college career fair in the East Coast, these roles are reversed. The talent pool at NIPS seems to be far more interested in tech and open-ended research than making money."